Sing For Me

A Fairy cake and A Fairy tale

Ben's Point of view

An invitation to tea, to her home. I was desperate to see her, my feelings for her so strong.t her beautiful face her soft red hair the little freckle she has on the tip of her nose, the little wrinkles on it when she smiled and the dimples in her cheeks. Her figure was delicious and curvy it was all I could do to stop myself from just grabbing her and squeezing her so tight to me to feel every inch of her.

She'd said she was afraid of any real intimacy, something with her ex husband I was sure, she said they hadn't been good together physically and that he hadn't shown her any real love, and yet there was something else, the way she spoke of him when we had coffee made it clear that somehow he terrified her, had hurt her badly. I could sympathize with that. Riley and Ellie had taken to me as I did to them. I saw so much of Lisa in them both. I needed to take something for them when I went this afternoon a trip into town would see to that plus I'd bought them a little clog each from Holland with their names on with a teddy bear in I hoped they liked them.

I can't decide on what to wear I don't want to look like I'm trying to hard and I don't want her to think I'm old fashioned, but she has seen me in tweed that could be as bad as it got but she hadn't gone anywhere.

I'm sifting through my shirts in the wardrobe when my phone rings "Hello" I answer putting it on speaker as I try and get ready

"Hi Son hows things?" its my Dad

"Dad, I'm good thanks you" I ask

"Yeah good lad have you got me on that bloody speaker thing" he asks and I laugh

"Yes I'm trying to get ready" I tell him

"Off out lad" he quizzes

"Yeah out.........to a friends" I say pausing not really sure how to refer to Lisa yet until we were official

"Friend hey male or female" he teases 

"Female if you must know" he laughs

"Ah so girlfriend then you've kept this quiet boy, Well you haven't told your Gran obviously or we'd all know by now" he jokes, bless my Gran.

"I haven't known her long" I tell him

"What's her name then?" he says

"Lisa, I'm going round for tea with her and her children" he goes quiet

"Children how many?"

"Two a boy and a girl, they are only little Riley her son is three and Ellie her daughter is one, she's divorced, she's just moved down to London to make a new life, she hasn't told me everything but I think something bad has happened to her just a feeling I get" I tell him while holding up shirts on coat hangers up against myself

"Well what is she like tell your old Dad"

I sigh "She's amazing Dad she's pretty, cute, she makes me smile, laugh and she is just the most sweetest girl I've ever met, she's just amazing I'm besotted with her Dad" I gush at him

"Besotted hey lad" he says

"I know , go on tell me I'm soft" I say and he laughs "Why are you laughing" I ask

"Because this is the happiest I've heard you sound in years boy, and that makes your old man happy" he says as I laugh too.

"Ah Dad I didn't think it could feel like this" I tell him "She is perfect" I'm gushing again 

"She sounds it son, what time is tea?" He asks

"Four thirty" I tell him

"Well I won't keep you then son have a good time, text me and let me know how it all goes, its about time you met a nice lass Ben its been far too long" he says